The new Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic is sworn in during a ceremony on February 15, 2015, in central Zagreb. Croatia inaugurated today its first female president, conservative former top diplomat Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who pledged to help kickstart EU member's ailing economy. Grabar-Kitarovic won January election run-off by narrowly defeating her leftwing predecessor Ivo Josipovic. The 46-year-old former foreign minister and NATO official was a candidate of the main opposition conservative HDZ party. AFP PHOTO / POOL / LANA SLIVAR DOMINIC / AFP PHOTO / POOL / LANA SLIVAR DOMINIC